Colorado · Fremont County
Prospect

Sand Gulch Prospect No. 2

Fremont County, Colorado, United States
StoneCrushed/Broken
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Commodities
PrimaryStone, Crushed/Broken
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Ore controlFaults, Fault Intersections; Shear Zones
Materials
Ore mineralsGold, Hematite, Silver, Sphalerite
GangueFeldspar, Quartz
Geology
Host rockGneiss · Migmatitic Gneiss
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite,Diorite,Pegmatite,Granite · Granodiorite Of Boulder Creek Age
StructureNorthern Wet Mountains, Canon City Embayment, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field, Cotopaxi Fault
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
AlterationAltered Biotite Gneiss; Kaolinization
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10013402
MRDS IDD009674
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.42029, -105.6578
References
COKER, R. J., 1982, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ARKANSAS CANYON PLANNING UNIT WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE FORMER GRAPE CREEK WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS AND THE MCINTYRE HILLS WILDERNESS STUDY AREA: US BLM MINERAL REPORT, P. 100TAYLOR, R. B., SCOTT, G. R., WOBUS, R. A. AND EPIS, R. C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COTOPAXI 15-MINUTE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-900, 1: 62,500.